March 2014 Meeting Minutes

Here’s the meeting minutes from the March gathering held at 7pm on March 20th, 2014 at New Bern Homebrew Supply.

First of all, a thank you goes to Travis Watson for providing the location and Terry Laurie for supplying the vittles. 

We introduced the officers, held a roll call and the following members and guests were present:

Luke Dobbs

Rob Jones

Terry Laurie

Dennis Overby

Tim Martin

Joe Stewart

Pete Frey

Bryan Conway

Mike Dawson

Guests:

Allan Kornegay

Roderick Wade

If anyone was accidentally excluded or a mistake to the list noted, please let me know and I will correct the minutes.

The Treasurer's Report

Ben Chapman was unavailable.

                                                       

Tech Talk

Rob gave a powerpoint demonstration and brought an example of a easy to make stir plate for creating starters. The importance of using a starter was then discussed at length.

Old Business/Recent Events

Club membership cards were passed out thanks to Rob.

Committee updates

The Crystal Coast Brew Off Committee Chairman, Ben Chapman, was unavailable.

The Monthly Club Competition Committee Chairman, Terry Laurie gave us a rundown for next month’s comp.

Homebrew Festival Committee Chairman Rob Jones reported that research is still being conducted.

New/Old business:

Robs "Chi Cha" (sp?) was passed around to start the meeting. Everyone was confused and standoffish to this new libation but like good homebrewers/alcoholics, drank it anyway

Mothers/SCOBY's  were brought by Joe and Rob for members who are interested in starting a batch of Kombucha.

The Sexual Chocolate Release Party and tap takeover at the Silo's in Oriental on March 27th was mentioned as well

The possibility of ordering a newer & larger banner was touched upon, especially in light of the fact that Travis has made a donation toward the club obtaining a larger banner than the one we currently have.  This will be looked into later as we get closer to the Brew Off.

Next Meeting will be at New Bern Home Brew Supply at 7PM on April 17th and will be sponsored by Bryan Conway

Meeting sponsors:

·         April sponsor - Bryan Conway

·         May sponsor - Luke Dobbs

·         June sponsor - Terry Laurie

·         July sponsor - Phil Smith

·         August – Mike Dawson

·         September - need a volunteer

·         Oktoberfest - Dennis Overby

·         November - need a volunteer

Motion passed to adjourn the meeting, drink some beer.